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the man used his fist to punch the woman in her face and head. he then made off with an apple computer. today's victim was found outside of her front door by the local mailman. she's been hospitalized. the police made a public plea for any other witnesses in the neighborhood to come forward. that may have happened already. the neighborhood listserv said the suspicious man was spotted in another nearby backyard earlier this week. and the spotters quickly snapped photos and shared those photos with police. very late this afternoon, d.c. police announced the arrest of 18-year-old tyran mcel wrath of southeast d.c. and he's in custody. he's charged with first-degree burglary and the victim remains in the hospital but she's expected to be released soon and is expected to recover from the beating. >>> a nor'easter suddenly discovering -- and he's more from sharon from monmoth county, new jersey. >> reporter: i'm in an evacuated area along the new jersey shore and it's just over my shoulder here and ts is another condemned home. we have been all over th
the man used his fist to punch the woman in her face and head. he then made off with an apple computer. today's victim was found outside of her front door by the local mailman. she's been hospitalized. the police made a public plea for any other witnesses in the neighborhood to come forward. that may have happened already. the neighborhood listserv said the suspicious man was spotted in another nearby backyard earlier this week. and the spotters quickly snapped photos and shared those photos...
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thanks so much for joining us. here's will thomas now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> the head of the cia brought down by a dark secret. tonight we are learning how the fbi stumbled upon his extramarital affair. thanks for staying with us. i'm will thomas. the resignation of general david petraeus has left a lot of questions about possible security breaches and the future of the benghazi hearings. fox's nicole collins starts our coverage tonight. >> reporter: cia director general david petraeus stepping down admitting he had an extramarital affair. the retired four star general saying in a letter to cia employees, "such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." >> he has led america through some very, very difficult times. i think many of us are surprised that these kinds of things happen. >> reporter: the general's affair with his biographer paula broadwell was revealed in the course of an fbi investigation. according to her website, she of embedded with him in
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use the hash tag decision 2012 to tweet us your thoughts and we'll be streaming live on your mobile device and we'll have the latest election results. make sure you download the fox five news app. it's on itunes or google play. the polls close in virginia and a number of other states in about two minutes. the guessing ends. results begin. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does.
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to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our lives. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> the crew at the uss enterprise waking up on u.s. soil this morning with their final voyage behind them. the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier pulled in yesterday. participated in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis of 1962. the navy will deactivate the ship december 1st. reactors will be removed and the worship torn apart into scraps. >>> in just a few weeks, you can fill history by standing on the balcony of room 306. >> the one martin luth or king junior stood on when he was assassinated. that's what that former motel was turned into many years ago. only special guests have been allowed to step on to the balcony in the 21 year history. it will open to the public starting on november 19th. the site will be handy cap accessible. . >> it would be strange. i've been to a plaza in dallas. and just strange en you are in a place like that. >> all ri
to lead us to a better future. the choice, now, the most important vote of our lives. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> the crew at the uss enterprise waking up on u.s. soil this morning with their final voyage behind them. the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier pulled in yesterday. participated in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis of 1962. the navy will deactivate the ship december 1st. reactors will be removed and the worship...
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he's trying restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. . >>> one of our anchors for the national election coverage tuesday night, and tom fitzgerald talked with him today. >> we sure did. >> reporter: we talked about the hurricane and talked about awful of this new campaign mean. the big issue today for the new unemployment numbers are whether or not they will make a difference in what is going happen on tuesday. was this decided awhile ago how people were going to feel about this unemployment rate when it came to choosing how they were going vote on tuesday? >> i think it was for those who made their decisions based on that. from what polling we have been able to get our hands on, it looks like that. this group that will supposedly decide things at the very last minute the suggestion is that they will vote on how they feel about unemployment. not in the numbers or the statistics
he's trying restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. . >>> one of our anchors for the national election coverage tuesday night, and tom fitzgerald talked with him today. >> we sure did. >> reporter: we talked about the hurricane and talked about awful of this new campaign mean. the big issue today for the new...
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he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. . >>> we have what you need to know before you go to the polls tomorrow. shawn yancy has more. shawn? >> reporter: hi, brian. let's start with voters in maryland. in addition to choosing candidates, you have to decide 17 ballot issues when you vote tomorrow. among them, question three, which changes the current rules for removing an elected official if he or she is convicted of a crime. question four, the dream act. it would guarantee in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants. question 5 deals with redistricting. question six ask voters to decide whether to legalize same- sex marriage and question seven asks whether to expand gamble negligent state and allow a new casino in prince georges county. to virginia now in addition to the race for the white house, the u.s. senate showdown between tim kaine and george allen will be t
he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. . >>> we have what you need to know before you go to the polls tomorrow. shawn yancy has more. shawn? >> reporter: hi, brian. let's start with voters in maryland. in addition to choosing candidates, you have to decide 17 ballot issues when you vote tomorrow....
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thanks for joining us. i'm brian bolter. back to business on the campaign trail after pull putting their swords away the last few days in the wake of super storm sandy, president obama and mitt romney back at it. we're going to start with today on the trail and tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: brian, it's been three days now since we have seen president obama in full campaign mode. mitt romney is restrained by mentioning the president by name. today, though, the candidates were back on their game and back on the trail. we're going to start in battleground, virginia, where mitt romney has been barnstorming the commonwealth with three appearances starting with a rally in roanoke. >> we can't have four more years like the half four years. i know that the obama folks are chanting four more years, four more years. our chant is this: five more days. five more days is our chant. >> reporter: we move to wisconsin after halting his campaign to attend to hurricane sandy, president obama was back on the stump in green bay. >> governor romn
thanks for joining us. i'm brian bolter. back to business on the campaign trail after pull putting their swords away the last few days in the wake of super storm sandy, president obama and mitt romney back at it. we're going to start with today on the trail and tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: brian, it's been three days now since we have seen president obama in full campaign mode. mitt romney is restrained by mentioning the president by name. today, though, the candidates were back on their...
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use the hashtag box 5 d.c. you decide and tweet us your thoughts. >>> i'm going to miss those political ads, brian. >> your dvr i'm sure is full. go back and reminisce. >> that's right. they've been running for so long it's something we can go way back on. >> we're looking at a storm system, not tomorrow, though. >> no. by the way, a couple very reliable models jumped it about 100 to 150 miles farther east off the coast. that would be good. we're not sure that will continue, so we'll pay attention to that, but in that scenario we wouldn't even get rain, but if it's closer, we could get a mix of rain and snow. look at what's going on outside tonight it's chilly, already in the 30s in some spots, 29 degrees i saw somewhere. your furnace is clicking on and it will probably do that in the morning. freeze warning is in effect overnight. this will signal the end of growing season. yeah, it's over. we know that, but national weather service says there will be more cold nights, but they won't continue to issue freeze w
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stay with us. we'll be right back. time is 4:36. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> welcome back on this morning after the election. >> it seems like it's been forever. >> it certainly has. the interesting thing is it didn't go as late into the night as some people were expecting even thinking it could drag on for days on end. >> at least we have some kind of closure. >> we want to focus on virginia now. virginia democrat tim kaine won last night beating republican george allen w. >> allen conceded the race late last night and we'll get more on that coming up
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and the actions he's taken with respect to... protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. and so, i think we ought to keep on the track that we are on. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> leaders endorsed question 7. the group said revenue from the expansion of gambling and a sixth casino in maryland will help pay for first responder needs. the supporters of the plan say it will generate several thousand jobs and put money in state education coiffures. the critics say there are no guarantees that the money will be used for education and less than half of the revenue is sleighted for education in the first place. >>> with less than one week to go until the elect, do you know where president obama and mitt romney stand on the issues? passing a new healthcare law is seen as the president's signature domestic accomplishment in his first term andy what what he said he will build on in his second. mitt romney has other plans. jennifer davis has a closer look at where the candidates stand on healthcare. >> reporter: it was a first- term victory
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stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> bono challenged students to focus on social enterprise. >> willmar has the story for us. >> reporter: an exciting night on campus here in georgetown. more than 700 students in attendance along with plenty of vips including u2's fronted man bono. he delivered the key address and talked about social enterprise and the impacted that social media can have as far as change across the world. his main message, there is no them, only us. >> what am i doing in healey hall? i could be down having my third pint at the tunes. >> reporter: bono taking the stage immediately building a sense of camaraderie with the students. his message was clear. the age of social media and technology is providing what he sees as an unprecedented opportunity. >> not just facebook in the heat of tahrir square but the peaceful march across the world of mobile phones, across the parch land and the dense rain forest of the congo, technology is transforming things. >> reporter: he mentioned one,
stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> bono challenged students to focus on social enterprise. >> willmar has the story for us. >> reporter: an exciting night on campus here in georgetown. more than 700 students in attendance along with plenty of vips including u2's fronted man bono. he delivered the key address and talked about social enterprise and the impacted that social media can have as far as change across the world. his main message, there is no them, only us....
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paul wagner is joining us live with the story. paul? >> reporter: ann arundel county police say the nighttime manager at this wal-mart did everything he was asked and turning over the money and coming outside to this parking lot where he was shot for no reason and shot in a parking lot that is covered by cameras all over the rooftop behind me. some of the pictures have been released by police tonight and in hopes someone will recognize this man and call 911. >> it appears the cost to the employee to this wal-mart store this morning, the call came out about 415 sometime in the morning and demanded money, received money from the business. it appears that they took the victim, went out to the parking lot area and it's still ambiguous as to why and unclear why that happened. the victim was shot in the upper body. >> the three photos show what detectives believe is a white male with a slim build wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark clothe. in one picture, he appears to be inside the store. after the shooting, the police say the gunman j
paul wagner is joining us live with the story. paul? >> reporter: ann arundel county police say the nighttime manager at this wal-mart did everything he was asked and turning over the money and coming outside to this parking lot where he was shot for no reason and shot in a parking lot that is covered by cameras all over the rooftop behind me. some of the pictures have been released by police tonight and in hopes someone will recognize this man and call 911. >> it appears the cost...
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so if you are going to give us a license, you better let us work. >> reporter: the mayor's office says it's not target food trucks, not trying to put anybody out of business. said the trucks are good for the city now bringing in new tax revenue. but the sidewalks officials say need to be clear for people to move. especially the disabled. >> they stand here. we serve very fast. >> reporter: current regulations were designed for restaurants with outdoor seating, requiring at least 10 feet of unobstructed sidewalk. that's clearly not happening here. the mayor's office says their decision-making on this is still in the comment phase. they're open to suggestions through next tuesday. the d.c. city council will have the final say in the form of new food truck regulations. shawn. >> all right. bob, thank you. >>> a former congressman does not think the district will have a problem gaining more budget autonomy. during a hearing today tom davis of virginia testified saying there is broad support in congress to give the district more control over its funds. as it stands right now d.c. has to get
so if you are going to give us a license, you better let us work. >> reporter: the mayor's office says it's not target food trucks, not trying to put anybody out of business. said the trucks are good for the city now bringing in new tax revenue. but the sidewalks officials say need to be clear for people to move. especially the disabled. >> they stand here. we serve very fast. >> reporter: current regulations were designed for restaurants with outdoor seating, requiring at...
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you are staying with us. i'm interested in hearing how these senate races affected mitt romney's chances the rape and abortion comments. you'll be here later and we'll talk with you. anita mcbride. tony. >> thank you both very much. coming up at 8:00 . our coverage of all the races continues. we're also going to take a closer look at how the minority vote played a roll in the presidential election. we'll be right back. right back. hey! hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked sausage in here? no! no. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin' donuts' smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's deliciously irresistible. hurry in today. the smoked sausage breakfast sandwich is only at dunkin' donuts for a limited time. grab one today. >>> this is fox 5 morning news. >> we have picked ourselves up. we having fouth our way -- fought our way back and know in our hearts for the united states of america the best is yet to come. >> it's a second chance for the nation's first african a
you are staying with us. i'm interested in hearing how these senate races affected mitt romney's chances the rape and abortion comments. you'll be here later and we'll talk with you. anita mcbride. tony. >> thank you both very much. coming up at 8:00 . our coverage of all the races continues. we're also going to take a closer look at how the minority vote played a roll in the presidential election. we'll be right back. right back. hey! hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked...
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with us, our panel is with us, the national campaign director for the reagan-bush campaign in 1984. a fox news contributor, at the moment he doesn't have a camera on him. >> we've seen you all night. >> i'm still the fat ole man that i was. >> that's the farthermost thing from the truth on planet earth. maryanne is with us, a former adviser to senator john kerry. stoddard, associate editor and columnist for a major newspaper. there are big picture thoughts to come in the future. right now what we're waiting for is a concession speech from mitt romney, which has not yet happen and then an acceptance speech from president obama. i know some big picture thinking has to be going on inside conservative circles. i have heard from rich lowry who thinks the way to go is to the right. i've heard from davis brinkley thinks the way to go is to the right. he was called. mitt romney was called by none other than newt gingrich, the massachusetts moderate. he's had many different positions on many issues over time, when you're running to be the governor of massachusetts, you have one position. whe
with us, our panel is with us, the national campaign director for the reagan-bush campaign in 1984. a fox news contributor, at the moment he doesn't have a camera on him. >> we've seen you all night. >> i'm still the fat ole man that i was. >> that's the farthermost thing from the truth on planet earth. maryanne is with us, a former adviser to senator john kerry. stoddard, associate editor and columnist for a major newspaper. there are big picture thoughts to come in the...
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stay with us. anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be mythey... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> a live look outside right now. it is thursday, the week is almost over t seems like this has been a 10-day week. >> it does, doesn't it. >> that is a live look outside at the u.s. capitol dome. we are almost there. we made it through. we'll keep going one more day. speaking of making it through, these people made it through last night. the halloween spirit was out in full force in georgetown last night. d.c. police were also out in full force making sure everyone was safe wh
stay with us. anncr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be mythey... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama...
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that is not what makes us rich. west most powerful military in history but that is not what makes us strong. our university, our culture, they are the envy of the world but that is not what keeps the world coming to our shores. what makes america exceptional are the bond that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and the future generations so that the freedom which so many americans have fought for and died for. , in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company,y,or geico. i propose savings for everyone! and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! too bad nobody could hear me. >>> good morning. it is wednesday, november 7th, the day after the election. taking a live look at the white house. nice and quiet right now. a lot of people were celebrating out in front of this earlier this morning with the big announceme
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the day for us. this whole mess of activity will be lifting off to the north and east over the next couple of days. we should get more and more sunshine in the forecast here later this week. average daytime high is still in the 60s owe we are going to be -- so we are going to be running a little cool. going to the d.c. unite game saturday night, it will be cool out there. we should have uld have a nice sunny day on sunday. >> hello. >> tony perkins is here. >> good morning to all of you. >> guess what it's time for. ask tony and tucker. >> are we still not using -- >> i guess we're still in somber mode. >> somber sandy mode. >> maybe tomorrow, we'll get the sound effects back. cts bac >> today's question is from kiki k. man weather forecaster were talking about the full moon being a part of the storm. does the full moon affect the tides? well, yes. the answer is absolutey, positively yes. >> yeah, it does. >> we've known this for a very long time that the moon affects the tides and the concern with h
the day for us. this whole mess of activity will be lifting off to the north and east over the next couple of days. we should get more and more sunshine in the forecast here later this week. average daytime high is still in the 60s owe we are going to be -- so we are going to be running a little cool. going to the d.c. unite game saturday night, it will be cool out there. we should have uld have a nice sunny day on sunday. >> hello. >> tony perkins is here. >> good morning to...
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. >>> thanks for staying with us tonight. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm laura evans. the edge begins with world leaders paying tribute today to veterans. >> we often forget while today is veterans day in america, it's also world armistice day. we'll hear how leaders across the globe honored the troops. >> reporter: the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month is honored every year to mark the end of world war i in 1918. president obama commemorating veterans day here in america by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier saying it's the country's sacred obligation to take care of its own. >> take care of our veterans. we take care of our families, not just by saluting you on one day, once a year, but by fighting for you and your families every day of every year. >> reporter: in the united kingdom queen elizabethattends a remembrance sunday ceremony in london laying a wreath in honor of british and the commonwealth's troops who lost their lives. in belgium crowds gather for a military parade ending at the mennengate memorial with a wreath laying ceremony a
. >>> thanks for staying with us tonight. i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm laura evans. the edge begins with world leaders paying tribute today to veterans. >> we often forget while today is veterans day in america, it's also world armistice day. we'll hear how leaders across the globe honored the troops. >> reporter: the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month is honored every year to mark the end of world war i in 1918. president obama commemorating veterans day here in...
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it will wripg us the combination of chilly air temperatures and a lot of wind. -- it will bring us the combination of chilly air temperatures and a lot of wind. light afternoon snow possible. best chance will be north and east. to be honest with you here in the district and close to the district, we could see some flake flying a little later this afternoon. be ready two it. we're in the going to be shoveling anything here later today or tonight but it is a little early for winter weather across the region. 40 right now in washington. 37 at dulles. 38 this morning in baltimore. 42 in annapolis. here is your developing storm system. this nor'easter we've been talking about for days and days it seems like. now taking shape. first thing i want to emphasize, north and east of washington, that is where the greatest impact is going to be. that is where the biggest oomph with the storm will be up into new jersey and new york. we are sort of on the western edge of it. even right now, we are on the western edge of. it as it passes to our north, some of the band of rain and eventually snow will m
it will wripg us the combination of chilly air temperatures and a lot of wind. -- it will bring us the combination of chilly air temperatures and a lot of wind. light afternoon snow possible. best chance will be north and east. to be honest with you here in the district and close to the district, we could see some flake flying a little later this afternoon. be ready two it. we're in the going to be shoveling anything here later today or tonight but it is a little early for winter weather across...
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if you are south of fredericksburg, you've got clear skies but many of us or most of us have the clouds. they'll break up shortly and we should be in for a partly sunny morning and a mostly sunny afternoon and it will be dry. i know it looks ominous out there but we aren't going to get any rain showers today. your temperature right now, 42 at reagan national. 39 at dulles. 40 at bwi marshall. it is chilly actually freeze warning was put out for counties just to our north and west early this morning. i don't think we'll see freezing temperatures early this morning but we might in 24 hours. there is your forecast. 50 your daytime high with mostly sunny skies this afternoon. >> all right. look good. thank you, tucker. >> time now to check in with julie wright once again. >> right now, we are checking out the crew in sky fox in the northbound drive along the bw parkway as you continue north of 197. temporarily, we had the road completely shut down. now, we do have traffic able to squeeze by single file to the right. a lot of equipment here on the scene headed northbound. if you are coming n
if you are south of fredericksburg, you've got clear skies but many of us or most of us have the clouds. they'll break up shortly and we should be in for a partly sunny morning and a mostly sunny afternoon and it will be dry. i know it looks ominous out there but we aren't going to get any rain showers today. your temperature right now, 42 at reagan national. 39 at dulles. 40 at bwi marshall. it is chilly actually freeze warning was put out for counties just to our north and west early this...
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maybe low 50s for a few of us. a little bit of cloud cover across the northeast and we're getting a little upper level disturbance. that will give us clouds early but i think the clouds will break up quickly and it should be a mostly sunny but cool afternoon. focusing out to the west, this little piece of energy right here out towards st. louis is going to dive down into the -- down towards the gulf of mexico and re-emerge as a coastal nor'easter by about wednesday. we'll be fine until then but i think by late tomorrow, tomorrow night, we'll start to get some clouds. it will be the big turn here and then up the coast. wednesday, it looks like a wet and windy day across the region, particularly washington points east, could be some gusty winds. unfortunately, right where we don't want it. we'll get hit hard with gusty winds wednesday into thursday. the other piece of this is we have to watch exactly the track of the storm. because if it tracks just far enough out to the west, we could have some precipitation issues.
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. >> thanks so much for joining us. here is brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> money, lawsuit and classified information. the scandal now surrounding former cia director david petraeus is now getting bigger. president obama joins in. >> one general lost his career over this. now the career of another four- star general hinges on what he may have said in some e-mails to a woman at the center the sex scandal. >> the pentagon is investigating general john allen for hundreds of alleged inappropriate e-mails with jill kelley. she is the tampa socialite whose complaints about threatening e-mails drug erred the fbi investigation that led to the resignation of cia director david petraeus. turn out kelley was in communication with general allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan. how did she know him? kelley volunteered to organize social events for senior officers at her home near mcdill air force base in tampa. the e-mails between general allen and kelley are said to be flirtatious and owe tensionally embarrassing
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thanks for joining us . let's start with kwame brown and your expectations about what may happen at sentencing hearings this afternoon. >> well, seems as though the most he could get is 6 days in prison. i think the main import here is that he pled guilty to these crimes and gave up his powerful position and i think that's a lot of punishment for him. if you look at the main charge against him and the main crime to which he pled guilty, he made a false claim on a bank loan application. harry thomas junior, the council member junior who is in jail for more than three years in prison. i mean, he actually was stealing money from the government. thmore -- he got more time and i think he committed a worse crime. so i think brown is getting already gotten his main which is giving up the job and pleading guilty to the crimes and ending his political career. >> that leads us into the other topic that you wrote about last week. the elections last week and how they impact local region. let's start with dc. the most in
thanks for joining us . let's start with kwame brown and your expectations about what may happen at sentencing hearings this afternoon. >> well, seems as though the most he could get is 6 days in prison. i think the main import here is that he pled guilty to these crimes and gave up his powerful position and i think that's a lot of punishment for him. if you look at the main charge against him and the main crime to which he pled guilty, he made a false claim on a bank loan application....
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the owner, mritly asked us -- politely asked us to leave. >> we left the property but now law makers like chairwoman diane want to know why they were left out of the loop on the fbi. >> we received no advance notice. it was like a lightning bolt. >> he quit after admitting an affair. questions are now being raised if broadwell had access to classified information like this comment during a speech in october. >> had actually taken a couple libyan members. >> the fbi informed him -- the family friend warning her to stay away from him. >> our concern would be the security concern. >> 35 year veteran of the cia and now executive director of the spy museum says the scandal has the potential to threaten national security. >> whether it's the director or simply a case officer or an analyst, if there is something in their life that is elicit, illegal and they would not want to have exposed it opens them to coercion. >> neighbors told us a planned 40th birthday party was canceled. not known if she will be asked to testify publically or privately. congress and the fbi continue their probe. >>
the owner, mritly asked us -- politely asked us to leave. >> we left the property but now law makers like chairwoman diane want to know why they were left out of the loop on the fbi. >> we received no advance notice. it was like a lightning bolt. >> he quit after admitting an affair. questions are now being raised if broadwell had access to classified information like this comment during a speech in october. >> had actually taken a couple libyan members. >> the fbi...
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stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. web site and app developers have gathered in d.c. for what is called a hackathon, all part of a large are event for techies taking place in the district this week. >> what exactly is a hackathon? lauren demarco explains. co exp >> reporter: this week, d.c. is also the nation's digital capital. there is a festival under way focused on bringing together designers, developers and entrepreneurs. coproducer peter corbett says it is a meshing of some of the brightest minds in the field. >> if they pump into each other, they come up with better ideas, form companies and hope any, they stay in washington, d.c. and build that creative economy that we know is all important for the future of the area. >> reporter: organizers have put together seminars, tech cocktails and hundreds of other events including a hackathon sponsored by at&t. the hackathon is all about creativity and generating new ideas for technology. there are about 100 participants broken down into about 20 teams. they are here ins
stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. web site and app developers have gathered in d.c. for what is called a hackathon, all part of a large are event for techies taking place in the district this week. >> what exactly is a hackathon? lauren demarco explains. co exp >> reporter: this week, d.c. is also the nation's digital capital. there is a festival under way focused on bringing together designers, developers and entrepreneurs. coproducer peter corbett says...
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he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to a depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization... come back in the financial community. housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry. and the actions he's taken with respect to... protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. and so, i think we ought to keep on the track that we are on. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> in tonight's health alert, american men and women have a significant risk of developing cardiovascular disease in a lifetime, regardless of whether they have a good heart health -- health history. researchers looked at factors like blood pressure. high cholesterol levels, diabetes and smoking, and calc
he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. colin powell: yes. when he took over we were in one of the... worst recessions we had seen in recent times... close to a depression. and i saw, over the next several years, stabilization... come back in the financial community. housing is starting to pick up. the president...
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you were here with us last election day. welcome back again. we want to talk first about a trend you've been noticing is changing since the last election cycle. >> right. well, if the voter turn out and results and the 100 most educated counties in the country. these are counties like arlington, and fairfax, and virginia. what we've seen over the course of the last generation also is a tremendous shift. those used to be tried and true moderate republican counties. and the last republican to win a majority of those counties was george h.w. bush in 1992. since then, those counties have been consistently trending towards the democrats. barack obama won 78 of those 100 counties in 2008. when this election is over, one of the first things i'm going to look for is to see whether or not he was able to build on that in this election. if he was, that would explain how he's doing in ohio, virginia, and florida. i think that's one of the numbers you want to look to in the sort of postmortem of this election. >> it seems like the romney campaign felt fairl
you were here with us last election day. welcome back again. we want to talk first about a trend you've been noticing is changing since the last election cycle. >> right. well, if the voter turn out and results and the 100 most educated counties in the country. these are counties like arlington, and fairfax, and virginia. what we've seen over the course of the last generation also is a tremendous shift. those used to be tried and true moderate republican counties. and the last republican...
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he's going to join us live later. ter. >>> sky divers on a mission to inspire with the help of a professional sky diving team called fast tracks. wounded warriors have an opportunity. jumped yesterday from a plane carrying with them the american flag. landed at walter reed medical center. very cool. >>> some good news for those looking for a job in maryland. the state's largest casino said it will double the size of the workforce. >> double down. anyway. this comes after voters approved question 7 which allows table games. the casino will hire 1200 new workers to accommodate the table games. the new employees will be trained as card dealers. looking to expanded hours to offer gaming 24 hours a day. >>> that magic 8 ball or little green army men. dominoes or star wars action figures. which belong in the national toy hall of fame? >> we'll find out later this morning when the 2012 inductees are announced. i guess they've been announced. no the inductees will be announced. these are the nominees. only 2 of the 12 will ma
he's going to join us live later. ter. >>> sky divers on a mission to inspire with the help of a professional sky diving team called fast tracks. wounded warriors have an opportunity. jumped yesterday from a plane carrying with them the american flag. landed at walter reed medical center. very cool. >>> some good news for those looking for a job in maryland. the state's largest casino said it will double the size of the workforce. >> double down. anyway. this comes after...
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and that -- rest of us and that will rule the roost tomorrow. lots of sunshine as the high pressure is building in. the winds will get lighter andy that blustery through the day and that means we're going to get chilly tonight. i wanted you to see temperatures already in many spots down into the 30s including 39 in frederick and gaithersburg and martinsburg; 36 for hagerstown and 46 for the district. so, a chilly night is expected, the sun going down earlier and earlier and we have a bit of a windchill to deal with still, even though the winds have gotten lighter. you can see that feels like it's colder. some lices -- places feel like they're in the low 30s and dress for the chill the in, few hours and as the winds lighten up, it will be getting cold as the high pressure -- high pressure builds in overnight and means chore skies and temperatures drops into the 20s and 30s. if you had anything still remaining outside, they won't get issued anymore because the growing season is considered to be over. it will definitely be cold enough for a hard fr
and that -- rest of us and that will rule the roost tomorrow. lots of sunshine as the high pressure is building in. the winds will get lighter andy that blustery through the day and that means we're going to get chilly tonight. i wanted you to see temperatures already in many spots down into the 30s including 39 in frederick and gaithersburg and martinsburg; 36 for hagerstown and 46 for the district. so, a chilly night is expected, the sun going down earlier and earlier and we have a bit of a...
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to legalize the use of the drug. both ballot measures refer to adult use only. experts say implementation remains uncertain since it contradicts federal law. >>> and some voters can wait to toast their election win. the town of damascus lifted a decades old alcohol ban and they're worried it will lead to more sales such as bars and carry out liquor stores and they want to protect children from early exposure to alcohol. >>> and voters overwhelmingly approved the levee to approve floods. the bond will go towards building the system to protect homes in the huntington section of alexandrea and that flooded four times. >>> the nor'easter is taking aim at the northeast. the storm promising snow and more flooding. new york will get what we can expect from the storm. >>> it was an exciting election light across the country for the family. their own victory. adrian was born and decided to -- decided to upstage the candidates. the howard county paramedics showed up in time to cut the umbilical chord. they're doing just fine. st fin . >> reporter: super storm sandy victi
to legalize the use of the drug. both ballot measures refer to adult use only. experts say implementation remains uncertain since it contradicts federal law. >>> and some voters can wait to toast their election win. the town of damascus lifted a decades old alcohol ban and they're worried it will lead to more sales such as bars and carry out liquor stores and they want to protect children from early exposure to alcohol. >>> and voters overwhelmingly approved the levee to...
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just a little hump we need to get over to take us over to get us a win. >> there's tomorrow. >>> d.c. united lost to the houston dynamo sun, 3-1 in the first leg of the -- sunday 3-1 in the first leg of the eastern conference finals. this sunday in order to advance they must score two goals, maybe more in houston scores. if they can do that, overtime would follow to decide who advances to the championships. >> we need to score goals. so there is a little bit of a different mindset going into this game, but it's still a soccer game and we are still confident in our ability to win games by two goals at home. we've done it before. >>> on the other side the redskins have two of their key offseason acquisitions back for sunday's showdown with the eagles, details after the break. >>> welcome back. the redskins are about to begin their toughest stretch of the season playing two games in five days, both against critical division foes. first up philly sunday, then dallas thursday and the one person the redskins won't have to prep for, michael vick. he is officially listed out for the game. two
just a little hump we need to get over to take us over to get us a win. >> there's tomorrow. >>> d.c. united lost to the houston dynamo sun, 3-1 in the first leg of the -- sunday 3-1 in the first leg of the eastern conference finals. this sunday in order to advance they must score two goals, maybe more in houston scores. if they can do that, overtime would follow to decide who advances to the championships. >> we need to score goals. so there is a little bit of a different...
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joining us now is dr. allen hightman. we thought you might be in here talking about what's next legally with the hanging chads if you will. not the case at all. >> i'm delighted not to be talking about legal rangles. last thing we need in a presidential election. with a victory, the sweeping of the legal challenges really don't matter. the election mandate results are clear at least in terms of the winner. >> they were talking about the vote would be split. that did not happen at all. so let's get to what did happen. you are known as the never wrong pundant and that record stands today. tell me how you knew. >> this is 8 in a row correct predictions since 1984 since i was 9 for the keys to the white house. and the keys to the white house are different. they are not based on polls or the economy. the theory is presidential elections are votes. up or down on how well the party in power has governored not just the economy but on a broad range of factors. foreign policy successes and failures. >> you have 13 keys. >> 13 keys.
joining us now is dr. allen hightman. we thought you might be in here talking about what's next legally with the hanging chads if you will. not the case at all. >> i'm delighted not to be talking about legal rangles. last thing we need in a presidential election. with a victory, the sweeping of the legal challenges really don't matter. the election mandate results are clear at least in terms of the winner. >> they were talking about the vote would be split. that did not happen at...
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doug smith has more from tampa and is joining us. doug, 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. >> yeah. >> and the candidates are battling it out there, aren't they? >> they have been become familiar faces the last few months and the owe-by-four corridor from tampa -- i-4 corridor from tampa to miami beach, that is critical. miami-dade to the north, tallahassee, republican, that is why the focus is in our area. >> before the poems open at 7:00 -- the polls open at 7:00 this morning, the presidential battle was only half hover with early voting, right? >> reporter: you're right. 4.5million people cast votes early. that is either absentee ballots or early voting. early voting here in this state ran from saturday, 7:00 in the morning until 7:00 p.m. on, just the most recent weekend and that was the one- week period where you could early vote and a lot of people did. >> a record turnout is expected, more than in 2008, 75% of registered voters and i read a quote from your secretary of state and he thought this would be incredible. >>
doug smith has more from tampa and is joining us. doug, 29 electoral votes up for grabs in florida. >> yeah. >> and the candidates are battling it out there, aren't they? >> they have been become familiar faces the last few months and the owe-by-four corridor from tampa -- i-4 corridor from tampa to miami beach, that is critical. miami-dade to the north, tallahassee, republican, that is why the focus is in our area. >> before the poems open at 7:00 -- the polls open at...
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thanks so much for joining us. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> start off with a winter weather alert. as if sandy wasn't enough, residents in the northeast dealing with a second dose of disaster. 60,000 people lost power today again after yesterday's nor'easter and new york officials are about to make a drastic decision to curb the gas crisis. will thomas joins us now with more. >> the same region devastated by sandy last week just can't get a break, at least not yet. now a nor'easter has made recovery efforts more difficult and snowfall and outages just adds to the problem. it is so bad there is gasoline rationing in new york city and long island. i'll explain how that's working after we look at what's going on. let's roll this. sanitation trucks are clearing piles of debris on staten island, this ighborhood a full mile from the ocean dealing with 12 feet of water, 12 feet, all across the region hundreds of thousands still freezing in the dark. millions of people, yes, got their power back after
thanks so much for joining us. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> start off with a winter weather alert. as if sandy wasn't enough, residents in the northeast dealing with a second dose of disaster. 60,000 people lost power today again after yesterday's nor'easter and new york officials are about to make a drastic decision to curb the gas crisis. will thomas joins us now with more. >> the same region devastated by sandy last week just can't get a break, at least...
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he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. my name is julian bond. i know a little something about fighting for what's right and just. maryland's gay and lesbian families share the same values and they should share in the right to marry. i believe people of faith understand this isn't about any one religious belief. it's about protecting the civil right to make a lifelong commitment to the
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happy you are with us on this important day. tucker barnes joining us for a look at that weather. good morning. >> good morning. it's cold outside. don't need to tell you that. temperatures falling back into the 20s. we're in the mid 30s in town. a chilly afternoon. winter coat to start your day. 34 at regan national. coldest temperature so far . 28 at dulles. and freeze warning in affect. for much of the area hard freeze overnight with temperatures back into the 20s. places like frederick, mid 20s overnight. all right looking at the satellite radar, should be a sunny and bright start to your day. a few clouds but much of the day sunny and bright. the cloud cover will start to work in and will turn mostly cloudy as we wait the arrival of our storm system. the noreaster we've been talking about. more details on that coming up. for election day, sunny skies. going to be dries this -- dry this afternoon. let's do traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> we have a couple things to make note of. we have problems with metro's blue orange line. that has been moved out of the way.
happy you are with us on this important day. tucker barnes joining us for a look at that weather. good morning. >> good morning. it's cold outside. don't need to tell you that. temperatures falling back into the 20s. we're in the mid 30s in town. a chilly afternoon. winter coat to start your day. 34 at regan national. coldest temperature so far . 28 at dulles. and freeze warning in affect. for much of the area hard freeze overnight with temperatures back into the 20s. places like...
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the bottom line for us, plenty of clouds in the forecast today. i think you might see a peek or period of sunshine from time to time but the trent will be more clouds than sun. we'll keep the cool temperatures around for the day. you get into tomorrow, more sunshine and a gradual warm-up. not going to be terribly warm and here to start the weekend. i think we'll be back in the mid-50s by saturday. 50 today. still cool for this time of year. the average daytime high should be in the upper 50s. here is the change. i took showers out of the forecast for the day on sunday. look like, if we get anything at all, it would be on monday. even then, there is some question marks. this coastal system look like it want to stay a little further south and east. we may not see much. anything at all. plenty of sunshine saturday and now it hookdz like sunday too. that is a look at weather. let's do some traffic and good morning to julie wright. >> all right. so far, so good. we were talking about an incident on the inner loop of the beltway near river road. whateve
the bottom line for us, plenty of clouds in the forecast today. i think you might see a peek or period of sunshine from time to time but the trent will be more clouds than sun. we'll keep the cool temperatures around for the day. you get into tomorrow, more sunshine and a gradual warm-up. not going to be terribly warm and here to start the weekend. i think we'll be back in the mid-50s by saturday. 50 today. still cool for this time of year. the average daytime high should be in the upper 50s....
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we're used to that at this point. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, most importantly, your weekend forecast and a sneak peek at thanksgiving day. weekend looks good. partly sunny conditions. i think we'll have clouds around sunday afternoon for that redskins game but it won't be raining. monday looks cloudy. we look ahead to thanksgiving, 57 with sunshine. right now, for traveling, things should be nice and quiet. >>> god morning. >> i see the turkey. >> yeah, it made an appearance. >> i just work with them. i'm kidding. >> i thought you were looking at wisdom there. >> i winked at wisdom and i leaned toward you. i leave our good friend sarah simmons out of that whole bit. for those traveling across the key bridge, heads up coming in out of virginia. it is the left side of the roadway that will skis by all of. this the cranes are busy doing some repatching and some roadwork and that is what is tying up the commute. coming inbound off of canal road, you have to swing wide here to make that right turn to head back ov
we're used to that at this point. the accu-weather seven-day forecast, most importantly, your weekend forecast and a sneak peek at thanksgiving day. weekend looks good. partly sunny conditions. i think we'll have clouds around sunday afternoon for that redskins game but it won't be raining. monday looks cloudy. we look ahead to thanksgiving, 57 with sunshine. right now, for traveling, things should be nice and quiet. >>> god morning. >> i see the turkey. >> yeah, it made an...
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george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> our election day coverage continues right now with spotlight on ohio and its 18 electoral votes. early voting started in early october. and i guess you could say it never ended cause it could -- you can still cast votes in ohio until yesterday at 2:00 p.m. you could still cast votes. then the polls open up this morning at 6:30. ballots cast before today have been scanned in but won't be counted until the polls close in ohio at 7:30 tonight. the virginia board of elections says the number of absentee voters increased. >> but the number of registered voters decreased. so will this affect the voting in virginia? live in fairfax county now. how are the polls holding up there so far? >> reporter: so far so good. ever since this morning , 5:30 this morning, a steady pace. people waiting in line patient tee and happily to cast their votes. interesting you mention that about the regi
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stay with us. we'll tell you about it when we come back. >> reporter: it is moving day. john peck is a marine who earned two purple hearts. today, he is being given a house. he has given much more than that. >> i remember vaguely seeing my guys. i kept blacking out. i was saying don't want to die here. i ain't going to die in this place. >> reporter: he woke up two and a half months later and learned he had been hit by an ied in afghanistan. he lost all four limbs. >> at first, i do admit there were very extremely rough days. i was not a pleasant person. >> reporter: but he has adjusted. today, he gets his freedom thanks to the work of the garyy garyy -- gary sinise foundation. >> the kitchen sink is mounted especially for him. cabinets move. a lot of what is in the house is motion sensorred. for example, step no the bathroom and the toilet seat pops up. over here, you can just wave in front of it and the sink turns on. >> this is the brains of the home. >> reporter: he can ru
stay with us. we'll tell you about it when we come back. >> reporter: it is moving day. john peck is a marine who earned two purple hearts. today, he is being given a house. he has given much more than that. >> i remember vaguely seeing my guys. i kept blacking out. i was saying don't want to die here. i ain't going to die in this place. >> reporter: he woke up two and a half months later and learned he had been hit by an ied in afghanistan. he lost all...
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, but clouds towards us. we'll have partly sunny conditions for sunday. 54 today. mostly sunny. still cool. wind north at 5 to 10. that's a little cool for this time of year. there's your weekend forecast. 54 saturday. 53, partly sunny sunday. early next week, if you're traveling, things look fine locally for traveling. thanksgiving, sunshine, upper 50s. let's get the latest from julie wright. >> every time you show the turkey i get hungry. >> yeah, i can't wait. >> on the roads now, we have some problems to report. this crash involving a pedestrian, police activity here tying up a portion of randolph road east of connecticut avenue at dalewood. follow their direction. typical slowdown, 95 getting past coalsville road. nothing out of the ordinary there. 66 coming out of manassas, well below speed at 38 miles per hour headed eastbound to centreville. all of the lanes here are open. traveling northbound on i-95, no issues reported. reports of an incident at davis port road, northbound i-95. authorities checking
, but clouds towards us. we'll have partly sunny conditions for sunday. 54 today. mostly sunny. still cool. wind north at 5 to 10. that's a little cool for this time of year. there's your weekend forecast. 54 saturday. 53, partly sunny sunday. early next week, if you're traveling, things look fine locally for traveling. thanksgiving, sunshine, upper 50s. let's get the latest from julie wright. >> every time you show the turkey i get hungry. >> yeah, i can't wait. >> on the...
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so everybody can use this. >> very cool and useful information. thanks. >> some folks hoping they have an ac, maybe plug that in today. last night it was so warm. >> it's been very mild a couple days in a row the 70s even with the clouds, it was 72 today. how about that? >> stick around for a while. >> i wish it could stick around for a couple months. >> we have about a 20 to 25 degree drop. pretty substantial little cold wave headed our way. we'll have all the forecasts for you in just a bit. one thing is for sure. starting tonight and you are really going to feel it tomorrow. and most of this week looks like it's going to be turning off colder out there. say good-bye to the 70s and we talked about that last week. telling everybody to just enjoy what's going on with this weekend. 53 degrees for a high tomorrow. that's going to be about almost 20 degrees or so cooler. and as we get into wednesday, we will be much much cooler with a high of only 50. the rain comes in tonight and lasts for most of the morning hours tomorrow. we should be drier in th
so everybody can use this. >> very cool and useful information. thanks. >> some folks hoping they have an ac, maybe plug that in today. last night it was so warm. >> it's been very mild a couple days in a row the 70s even with the clouds, it was 72 today. how about that? >> stick around for a while. >> i wish it could stick around for a couple months. >> we have about a 20 to 25 degree drop. pretty substantial little cold wave headed our way. we'll have all...
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the sunshine and lighter winds helped us out a bit and listen, i think you should get used to this. it's 45 now and he was cheating a bit. culpeper, 37. we have the high, mid-level clouds and we'll have clouds this evening. the temperatures dropping out there and, again, it does look like it's going to be a chilly trend. a little warmer as we get into friday and saturday, still below normal. the high pressure is feeding in the colder air from up north and that is looking like tomorrow and more cloud cover. 49 degrees and pretty much where we were today. 53. a little warmer on friday. so, won't that be nice. with a little bit of high to mid-level cloudiness coming on through and that will be what we have overnight tonight. i think tomorrow as well and there is going to be some sunshine tomorrow. don't get me wrong. it will be significantly more cloud cover tomorrow than what we had today. as you look back to the southwest, all of this is kind of feeding up in our direction, so at least one day out of the next couple of days, we'll end up with clouds and sun. looks better as we get in
the sunshine and lighter winds helped us out a bit and listen, i think you should get used to this. it's 45 now and he was cheating a bit. culpeper, 37. we have the high, mid-level clouds and we'll have clouds this evening. the temperatures dropping out there and, again, it does look like it's going to be a chilly trend. a little warmer as we get into friday and saturday, still below normal. the high pressure is feeding in the colder air from up north and that is looking like tomorrow and more...
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thank you for being with us tonight and explaining this to us. i understand this started as a science fair, or science project for the seimens competition. >> it's written in java that can determine where a photograph was taken. >> by looking at the horizon, and you have a prop here. by looking at the picture, the horizon of a picture, how does that help fema say -- find people who need help? victims of the storm. >> it looks at the horizon in this photograph, and then it matches that against data. we can simulate what it's supposed to look like in every location. so it matches all possibilities against the horizon from the photograph and looks for the best match. the best match yields a location. >> that would help them find victims perhaps who they might not be able to reach? >> right. or in this case, we have a lot of pictures of hurricane damage that from hurricane sandy that the gps information was lost somehow. so fema doesn't know where the photographs came from. if they could geolocate the photographs, they would know where they're from.
thank you for being with us tonight and explaining this to us. i understand this started as a science fair, or science project for the seimens competition. >> it's written in java that can determine where a photograph was taken. >> by looking at the horizon, and you have a prop here. by looking at the picture, the horizon of a picture, how does that help fema say -- find people who need help? victims of the storm. >> it looks at the horizon in this photograph, and then it...
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really the best place to track the election is with us. log on to abc2news.com for all the latest updates. as soon as the polls shut down at 8:00, we'll have the results, and have it for you right here on abc 2 and abc2news.com. >> and we're a lot more entertaining. >> yes, we are. >> here is what is coming up tonight on abc 2: >>> wow, there have been countless polls leading up to the election, and what would sway voters. this is a poll i would really like to be a part of. >> restaurants in d.c. are are trying to base the outcome of the election on what voters are eating. cupcakes and cookies are decorated for the election, and they have a tally goes on facebook. both places trying to compare their own polls with the actual election results. that could be fattening. >> that's right. right there. here we come. >> between that and the redskins, all kinds of predictions here. >> and 7-eleven, too. >> i'll tell you this much, guys, you still have 90 minutes to get out there and go vote real quick. weather still looks pretty good. it will get
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stay with us. we'll be back. >>> a couple of earthquakes rocked the western hemisphere a at least 48 people tied in the worst earthquake to hit guatemala in 36 years. another hundred are still missing in the rubble and the number of dead is expected to go up. quake was a powerful 7.4 and hit off the west coast of guatemala. it was also felt in mexico city and early this morning a strong 6.3 struck off canada's pacific coast but so far, no reports of dam and no tsunami warnings. >>> prince george's county police are searching for two men who robbed two others ate chillum atm. police say the men stole a semiautomatic weapon and stole the victim's wallet and car keys. surveillance cameras captured some of the robberies. these are the photos of the suspect on your screen right now. if you know the men or know anything about the robbery, bridge county police want to hear from you. >>> police in fairfax county are asking for your help in tracking down a serial fondler. each time the man
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. >> thanks for staying with us on this election night, everybody, i'm shawn yancy. this is brian boulder. >> we're starting you right now. >>> welcome back everybody. thanks for staying with us, if you have, from the maryland state house to the white house. watching the polls, and bringing you the results as they come in. the latest numbers for the presidential race. >> let's take a look first in virginia. you can see in the u.s. senate race, tim kaine is being declared the winner there in virginia over his republican challenger george allen. we'll have a live report from both camps coming up. >> the latest numbers you can see there. 55% of the votes. >> let's talk about president obama and mitt romney. one number on their minds tonight. that is the magic number, 270. that is how many electoral votes they need to win the presidency. >> it is still either candidates race tonight. >> reporter: this night, where we see tim kaine now coming up on top in virginia, we still do not have an answer in virginia, but you know, mark, you and i have been on the phones recently.
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. >> thanks for joining us tonight at 10:00. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> the past of perfecting our union moves forward. >> after a huge celebration in chicago it's back to work in washington. we're getting our first look at what president obama's second term could look like and it does not include two top cabinet members. the president is telling america how he'll work with congress for the next four years while preparing for some major staff changes. will thomas has a look ahead tonight. >> up first the president has to deal with some major money issues. to name a few, the nation's debt, tax code and automatic budget cuts. they all have to be addressed before the end of this year at the same time the psident is preparing for some of his top advisors to leave and he's beginning to shame the second half of his presidency -- shape the second half of his presidency. here's a look at some of his top promises, rolled back tax cuts for upper income people, make higher education more affordable, end subsidies for
. >> thanks for joining us tonight at 10:00. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> the past of perfecting our union moves forward. >> after a huge celebration in chicago it's back to work in washington. we're getting our first look at what president obama's second term could look like and it does not include two top cabinet members. the president is telling america how he'll work with congress for the next four years while preparing for some major staff changes....